At about 1:54:55
AJ: Let's talk about that truth for a second. What you told those LE agents on Aug 9, 2023 was:
"You recalled seeing Higgins at the station later that day on Saturday. Deven thought it was also weird that Higgins and Chief Kenny Berkowitz were by themselves in the sallyport of the police department by themselves while Karen Read's car was parked inside. Higgins was a witness and present at the gathering where O'Keefe was found dead outside and then he was in the presence of important evidence. You were sitting at dispatch by yourself and saw on the camera outside of the sallyport when they walked in... You never saw them leave, them being Brian Higgins and Chief Ken Berkowitz, you never saw them leave, but you recall thinking to yourself they were in the sallyport for a wildly long time together in there."
Deven's statement to the FBI is specific and detailed. She even had her lawyer with her during her meeting with the FBI. I believe that Deven did see those two as she claimed. She was carrying that information around with her for more than a year after JOK's death and she never went to the police with it until the FBI came to her. But she had a lawyer with her so she obviously knew the importance of her statement.
She said she couldn't remember the facts from memory or the media to muddy the waters. She kept saying she gave the statement "in good faith".
There's just no other way to look at this than she is lying to protect her job, her reputation, and her co-workers. She feels strong in her lies because she has the assurance from the top brass of her police department to have her back.
MOO